ArticleWorld journal of surgery2020
The Impact of Surgical Team Familiarity on Length of Procedure and Length of Stay: Inconsistent Relationships Across Procedures, Team Members, and Sites.
Article in World journal of surgery, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 17 citations in OpenAlex.
- Impact of Unplanned Intra-Operative Conversions on Outcomes in Minimally Invasive Pancreatoduodenectomy.World journal of surgery · 2023Pooled it
- Evaluating the Effect of Time-Based Surgeon-Team Familiarity on Neurosurgery Outcomes.Neurosurgery practice · 2026Article
- The influence of familiarity between the surgeon and their assistant on patient outcomes: a prospective observational cohort study.International journal of surgery (London, England) · 2025Observational
- Multicenter Analysis of the Relationship Between Operative Team Familiarity and Safety and Efficiency Outcomes in Cardiac Surgery.Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes · 2024Article
- Shift-Level Team Familiarity Is Associated with Improved Outcomes in Mechanically Ventilated Adults.American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine · 2024Article
- Learning Curves in Open, Laparoscopic, and Robotic Pancreatic Surgery: A Systematic Review and Proposal of a Standardization.Annals of surgery open : perspectives of surgical history, education, and clinical approaches · 2022Review
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6 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundTeam familiarity has been shown to be important for operative efficiency and number of complications, but it is unclear for which types of operations and for which team members familiarity matters the most. The objective of this study is to further our understanding of familiarity in the OR by quantifying the relative importance of familiarity among all possible core team dyads, and defining the impact of team level familiarity on outcomes. MATERIALS AND
methodsUsing a retrospective chart and administrative data review, five years of data from two health systems (14 hospitals) and across two procedures, (knee arthroplasty and lumbar laminectomy) were included. Multilevel modeling approach and a dominance analysis were conducted.
resultsFor each previous surgery that any two members of the core surgical team had participated in together, the length of surgery decreased significantly. The familiarity of the scrub and the surgeon was the most significant relationship for knee arthroplasty across the two hospitals, and laminectomies at one hospital.
conclusionsThe relationship between familiarity of the surgical team and surgical efficiency may be more complex than previously articulated. Familiarity may be more important for certain types of procedures. The familiarity of certain dyads may be more important for certain types of procedures.
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